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| In order to be safe and effective in combating a high-rise fire, what must company members understand? |
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| The Los Angeles Fire Department's High-Rise Incident Command System in addition to their company's standard operating guidelines. |
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| What is the objective of the fire suppression force for a high-rise fire? |
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| To locate, confine, and extinguish the fire. |
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| Pre-planning also involves a working knowledge of the specific buildings in our district, why is this important? |
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| Because depending on when they were constructed, high-rise buildings will have different built-in fire protection systems. |
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| What are the different stages of a High Rise Fire? |
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According to Book 100, it is broken up into the following:
1. Pre-Planning
2. En-Route
3. On Scene
4. Entering the Building
5. In the Lobby
6. Going Aloft
7. Check for Staging
8 Fire Floor
9. Advancing Lines |
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| With regards to pre-planning all members must have a basic understanding of what? |
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| High-rise building design, elevator operation, stairwell numbering system, fire control rooms, and how to enter stairwells from ground level. |
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| While en route what are indicators to asses high rise occupancy? |
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| Time of day, day of the week, type of occupancy. |
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| After arriving on scene when may the fire attack team be formed? |
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| After radio size up and safe apparatus positioning. |
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| Department policy requires the Fire Attack Team to take what item when entering an elevator? |
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| When feasible the high rise Fire Attack team should also take what items? |
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| spotlight and extra air bottles |
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| What make assembling a Fire attack team run smoothly? |
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| training and pre-planning |
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| Are exterior lock boxes required by the fire code? Lock boxes usually require the assistance of what? |
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| no(but interior lock boxes are), ladder |
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| Why is an aerial ladder seldom used to gain access to high rise buildings? |
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Definition
| Unopenable windows and deep building setbacks. |
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| When our efforts to gain access through forcible entry of the doors are unsuccessful, the next best option is to..? |
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| What does an annunciator panel do? |
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| Displays the general floor plan of the building and the location of the device that has been actuated in addition to the type of alarm. |
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| From the lock box what two things are obtained prior to proceeding aloft? |
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| one set of building keys and a copy of the building inventory |
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| What do the Lock box keys enable the Firefighter to do? |
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| Control elevators, unlock ground level entrance and all floors served by the stairwell. |
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| When may a slip bank elevator system be used to ascend a high rise building? |
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| When the bank's service terminates 5 floors or below. |
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| In addition to the key lock, some doors are held closed by a magnetic device requiring how many lbs of pressure to overcome? |
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| What are typhoon blowers? |
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| Water pressure driven blowers that do not emit carbon monoxide and supply fresh air to the stairwell. |
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| When going aloft in a High rise who sets the the stairwell climbing pace? |
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| The officer in charge should give an appraisal of conditions found in the stairwell how often? |
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| high rise attack teams asses what floors for staging? |
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| 2 floors below reported fire floor |
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| What should be done before opening a door that is separating you from the fire? |
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| In a high rise fire it is best to connect lines where? |
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Definition
| Standpipe outlet on the fire floor landing |
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| When advancing two lines simultaneously how should they be flaked? |
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Definition
| One upstairs and the other downstairs to minimize entanglement, large line upstairs and the smaller downstairs. |
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| Standpipes in high rises are controlled by what three ways? |
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| pressure regulating devices, pressure restring devices or orifice plates |
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| What is the pressure regulator gpm limit? |
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| Orifice plates limit flow to ..... |
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| If a gated wye is part of a high rise hose lay it must be... |
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| attended or strapped to prevent inadvertent closure |
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| Lines connected to orifice plate outlets require ... |
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| plates to be removed and a member to remain at outlet |
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| What should a FF do if an orifice plate can not be removed ? |
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Definition
| Lines should be not be completely shut off as the high pressure resulting from a complete shut off could burst the hose. |
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| What should the fire attack teams in a high rise direct their efforts towards? |
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Definition
| protecting hallways, corridors, stairs, elevators and other vertical openings. |
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| When mounting an effective attack in a H.rise where fire has overtaken corridor or hallway use the..... |
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Definition
| largest capacity hand line and reduce it so you are not chased off floor |
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| In a H. Rise if you can not open the door due to expansion or heat or if the fire is too close to the door what should the team do? |
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Definition
| Go down a floor and proceed to other side, connect lines. |
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Term
| In Firefighting a center core bldg. design you must alert for a possible...and prevent it by |
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Definition
| "Wrap around" in the corridor and prevent it by using 2 lines (offensive and defensive, without causing a situation of opposing lines) |
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| In a High Rise this area presents a hidden space where fire can spread undetected.. |
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| Area above ceiling usually used for return air to the plenum, check area overhead and behind you by removing ceiling and taking a look |
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| The___________ and ___________ have three floors interconnected by a separate open stairwell and because of these vertical openings they must have______________. |
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| Arco towers and the First Interstate Tower they must have 2 hour fire protection(accomplished by rolling steel doors,they may close at any time). |
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| flash over may occur as low as__________ |
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| Indicators of a flash over may be... |
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| freely burning fire, accumulation of heat and smoke in upper pt. of room,increased density of smoke, flickering of ceiling smoke. |
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| If HVAC system is shut down in a sealed High rise bldg. the fire floor may become oxygen__________ creating a __________ condition. |
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| Signs of backdraft include..... |
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| Confinement of the fire,smoke forced from cracks, smoke thick and dark or brownish and grayish yellowish, hot doors and windows. |
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| In a H. Rise how can the FF eliminate a backdraft condition? |
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Definition
| Break a window (protecting working floor and floor above using charged lines) |
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| When the Fire attack team is relieved they must stay together and report to..... |
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